Yes, Abz Love from 5ive is throwing his own festival at PopWorld in Birmingham, to celebrate his 35th birthday. "It's a thank you to the fans and if only ten people turn up I'm happy."

To celebrate this momentous event, Cosmo chatted to the man himself about what fans can expect, a certain 5ive reunion and… oh yeah, fairy goblins.

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Read on to discover why Abz Love might just be the greatest interview we have ever had. And then maybe buy tickets to Abzfest so you can dance to Rick Astley and carve swans made of apples.

What makes Abzfest better than Glastonbury?

We've got a bouncy castle, a cow and a sheep, Abz Karaoke, a look-alike contest and a swan apple carving contest. It's a one night only Abz extravaganza to celebrate this wonderful creature. You don't want to go to Glastonbury, you want to come to Abzfest!

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Who is this special guest we've heard about?

He's a badass at Rick Astley impersonations, especially the Never Gonna Give You Up dance routine. You see it and think, "My life is gonna change from now." He also likes to eat with his fingers. There's some crazy shit.

We thought it might be that cardboard cut-out of Shaun from Let's Dance...

Somebody offered me the ACTUAL cardboard cut-out of Shaun on Twitter ages ago and I wish to god I'd have got in touch, because at the time I was like, "What the fuck am I going to do with that?" I'd probably use it for target practice.

A baseball cap always works. I wore a rainbow unicorn baseball cap on The Big Reunion and I think they sold out. You'd be crazy not to be a fan of rainbow unicorns. Actually, nobody knows this, but I took a picture of a fairy goblin. Straight up, no shit, real talk. I just don't know what to do with the picture.

Er, give it to us? What did it look like?

It was in the house by a lightbulb. I zoomed in and it's a proper fairy goblin. There's a face and you zoom right in and you can see he's looking directly at the camera. It's a fairy, it's got wings and shit, but it's like you'd expect a goblin to look with big eyes. It was TINY, really small. Just know that they exist. People need to know the truth!

You were growing curly carrots on The Big Reunion - have you developed any other odd-shaped veg?

I'm growing curved cucumbers, but it's more of a natural curve [at this point Cosmo laughed quite a lot]. I wanted to take them to schools and get kids to eat vegetables, but that ain't gonna happen.

Could you see yourself becoming the next David Attenborough?

Yeah, Ghetto Attenborough. It would be great. I hear nature talking and I see trees blowing in the wind like they are waving at me and it grounds me so much.

One time I was meditating and I travelled to inner Earth and I popped out as a little flower and I was amongst like thousands of other flowers that were all the same consciousness doing the same thing. It was beautiful.

You were down at X Factor this week...

I was there with this kid who was my gardener, Jay Tyrer, so fingers crossed all goes well. He's a lovely humble and talented guy. I'd love some support for him.

Were you tempted to audition?

I'd be mad to! Somebody tweeted me saying, "Ex-famous people never do well on X Factor." I was like, "Fuck off!" If I was auditioning, that would be a proper downer! I couldn't even get a cup of coffee when I was there, it was crew only. I was like, "What the fuck!?"

So, do you think One Direction could do with having a rapper like you?

They could do with a guest rapper appearance, only because I'd want to jump on the bandwagon of super ridiculous stardom! Na, if it ain't broke don't fix it. Never a truer word has been said. Apart from that no-one knows where to look when eating a banana.

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